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- Title
Botshabelo: Coping with the Consequences of Urban Apartheid.
- Authors
Tomlinson, Richard; Krige, Skip
- Abstract
Households in the more distant settlements depend on migrant remittances, pensions and disability grants. Households "closer in," also rely on the incomes of commuter labour. The settlements are also sustained by subsidized services, commuter transport subsidies, grants for the installation of municipal services and often in the past, less so now, industrial decentralization subsidies intended to create an economic base. Botshabelo, one of apartheid's most controversial creations, provides a case study of a settlement which would in all likelihood collapse without subsidies. Botshabelo is fortunate, however, in that it is the third largest town in Free State province and thus constitutes an important constituency for the African National Congress. This paper reports some of the findings of the study. It describes Botshabelo's origins, introduces critical development trends, presents the policy environment which governs future development and expenditure in Botshabelo, and discusses development dilemmas.
- Subjects
PUBLIC welfare; HOUSEHOLDS; FEDERAL aid to services for people with disabilities; CITIES &; towns; APARTHEID; DECENTRALIZATION in government; MUNICIPAL services
- Publication
International Journal of Urban & Regional Research, 1997, Vol 21, Issue 4, p691
- ISSN
0309-1317
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2427.00109